NYPD searching for third suspect in Brooklyn shooting
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The NYPD is searching for a third suspect following a shooting that left a police officer wounded by friendly fire during a drug arrest.
The plainclothes detective and his partner had stopped a car in Brooklyn on Tuesday night while investigating a suspected heroin deal.
The officer is listed in stable condition Wednesday with two gunshot wounds to the shoulder.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say he was reaching into the vehicle when the driver took off in reverse, striking a police car and dragging the officer.
They say both officers fired their weapons.
The 45-year-old driver was shot in the leg and wrist. A second person in the car also was taken into custody. Charges against them were pending. Police say both men had multiple previous arrests.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A third man in the car fled.